Stephen Lancaster

Style: Opera; Classical; Musical Theatre

Title: Associate Professor of the Practice

Bio: Stephen Lancaster joined the music faculty at the University of Notre Dame in 2007, where he teaches classical and musical theater singing styles to graduate and undergraduate voice students and serves as head of the graduate voice studio. His students have gone on to study at esteemed graduate and young artist programs across the country and to perform with organizations such as Apollo’s Fire, Bach Collegium Japan, and Tanglewood Music Festival. As a soloist, Lancaster has been described as “a fine storyteller” (American Record Guide), “varied in tone and alive to feeling” (Fanfare Magazine). Winner of the Nico Castel International Master Singer Competition and The American Prize in art song and oratorio, he has been featured as a soloist in venues around the world, including Carnegie Hall, Chicago Cultural Center, Chiang-Kai Shek Memorial Hall, and Centro Cultural de Belém. Lancaster created the baritone solo role in Robert Kyr’s “Earth Ritual” with Conspirare as well as Thomas Schuttenhelm’s “Seven Living Words for the HIV Positive” with Chorosynthesis and has premiered numerous works at the Atlantic Music Festival. As an ensemble singer, he is a member of the Grammy award winning ensemble Conspirare and the Sphinx Organization’s EXIGENCE vocal ensemble.

Voice Type: Baritone

Music Styles Taught: Opera; Classical; Musical Theatre

Availability: I am available as a performer; I have a wait-list for private lessons; I am available as a clinician or presenter; I accept students through a college or university program

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